[Newspoetry] Poem for Urbana City Council Meeting 11 March 2002

Wed Mar 13 22:07:51 CST 2002

At 09:32 PM 03/12/2002 -0600, William Gillespie wrote:

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>Poem for Urbana City Council Meeting 11 March 2002
><p>I think that I will never see
><br>A poem lovely as the tree
><br>Whose branches once cast shade on me
><br>Who's now a stump. And wood debris
><p>I think that I will never find
><br>A sound as ugly as the whine
><br>That woke me up at five past nine
><br>(The time the saws began to grind)
><p>If I could wish upon a star
><br>I'd wish the sawdust off my car
><br>If instead I lived in heaven
><br>I would sleep until eleven
><p>[Author's Excuse: Scholars agree that the poetic techniques employed
>here are strictly unacceptable. Nevertheless, I maintain that those qualities
>which may render this work inappropriate to publish are precisely those
>that will make these lines stick in the heads of the council members until,
>out of desperation, they pass a resolution outlawing defoliation. Or verse.]
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Dare I ask what happened at the Urbana City Council meeting on March 11??

John